MahlerIsGod

Wow. Wow. I have never seen a movie like this before. It was staggering. There is this quote from The Long Kiss Goodnight where Sam Jackson says, "I did everything wrong in my life. That takes talent." That applies to this movie. There is absolutely, positively nothing good, right, etc. about this movie. It is the worst movie I have ever (Ever) seen. I, personally, did not think that Ben Affleck could act any worse than Changing Lanes but I was sorely mistaken. He is so bad that he makes Uma Thurman bad. The only reason I rented this POS is for Uma Thurman (whom I have an, admittedly, an unhealthy fondness of) and even she was just terrible. John Woo should be ashamed of himself. For shame Mr. Woo, for shame. If you are considering renting this movie, by all means, rent something else. You will thank me later.

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Latch

Wow.. I didn't think it was THAT horrible.

I do agree it wasn't that good, though. It was your classic action movie.

Nancy

thanks for the warning! I'll check out Godfather instead - I know I won't be dissapointed by that film!

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I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.

Hrothgar

Yep. Once i read the short story and then found out that Woo and Afleck were making it into a movie I knew i would never watch this. (Woo do something with Chow Yun Fat please and salvage your career.)

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CSflim

I saw this movie in the cinema, despite the fact I pretty much knew it would be awful. I was in denial. I absolutely adore all of John Woo's older stuff. What the hell happened? Why is such a talented man putting out so much garbage lately?
Since Face/Off, he has done nothing good.
MI2 was OKAY, not as good as it should have been, but not truely awful
Windtalkers and Paycheck: Garbage.

Eughh. It sucks so much, and I was so annoyed at how crap Paycheck was.

You're better than this John Woo!

/Heads off to watch Hard Boiled, The Killer and Face/Off back to back.

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Gjefflin

Kewl! Well i'm waiting to get it from Netflix. Looking forward to it!

Redjake

did you even read the posts?

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wakelagger

The premise was nice, but the execution with the actors was horrific. By the end, you may as well have had the script in your hands because you knew what was coming.

TheClarkster

My dad worked on this and said it might be one of the worst movies he's ever worked on. That is probably why I never saw it.

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Chingal0

Windtalkers was a fucking piece of shit. As was Paycheck. I agree with Mahler in saying that Uma was terrible. I also saw this movie in the cinema and it was rediculous. Pure shit. The whole suspense was in not knowing what he is going to use his gadgets for, and the sad thing is, I predicted most of them. I just found that part of it worthless, and considering his little package of shit was what the movie revolved around.... Ya know.

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Pellaz

Wowza. Just shut the dvd off. It's rare that I disagree with the execution of almost every scene in a movie like I did here. The horrid acting, the insepid excuse for comic relief, the glaring plot holes and the GOOD GOD CAN I HAVE ONE FUCKING JOHN WOO MOVIE WITHOUT A FUCKING DOVE moment, this movie was a pile. Spoiler: And can a brother not get a simple "thanks" on a watch, even?? There isn't a single redeeming quality to be had here, I think.

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seretogis

Worse than Mission Impossible 2. There. I said it.

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CSflim

NO.







Don't knock the doves.
I like the doves.

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Mehoni

That f*cking DOVE! ARGH! WOO!

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Kadath

Bring back the good all days when Woo didn't have a happy ending! Give me the soul-wrenching despair of The Killer any day.

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viper11885

It was an alright movie. Nothing special about it at all. It was filmed here locally so the BMW scene was kind of nice. I thought it would be a lot better though but luckily didn't spend any money on it in theatres.

Lestat

I was very disappointed.

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Booray

no shit!

I usually am able to somewhat enjoy movies that get blasted by critics and others because I'm able to find at least some redeeming qualities and enjoy it for that. As bad as Windtalkers was, I didn't think it was god awful. So I rented Paycheck since it's a Philip K. Dick story and I thought it might actually be an interesting story, but the plot was so stupid, the dialogue was terrible, the acting, for the most part, was shitty, and even the action scenes were bad. I really could find nothing redeeming about the whole thing. Wish I had listened to the reviews.

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